Silk Road
- June 24, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
It was a case that reads like a Mickey Spillane novel – big money, corrupt undercover agents, drug deaths and commissioned murders. On February 4, 2015, a Manhattan jury convicted Ross Ulbricht on seven counts including conspiracy to distribute narcotics,…
The Myth of Anonymous Cryptocurrency
- May 16, 2022
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Department of Justice has initiated the first prosecution involving the use of cryptocurrency to allegedly evade economic sanctions issued under emergency economic powers legislation. An American citizen has been accused of conspiracy to transmit more than $10…
Hunters on the Dark Net
- October 31, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Department of Justice has announced the results of Operation Dark HunTor described as a coordinated investigation on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the dark net. The operation, conducted across the United States, Europe and Australia…
Face Recognition Technology
- April 28, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Face recognition technologies use biometrics to map facial features from a photograph or video. The information is then compared with a database of known faces to find a match. The use of these technologies by governments and the private sector…